Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought action taken report from the Chandigarh-based Regional Officer (North) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, regarding compliance of the statutory procedures while allowing felling of trees for development projects in Punjab. While hearing various petitions filed in this regard, including …
CHANDIGARH: Sangrur based environment activist Amandeep Aggarwal feels disillusioned that his grit and perseverance in exposing the alleged rampant tree felling and misplaced compensatory afforestation in Punjab before National Green Tribunal (NGT) lost to achieve the desired end results. He felt that the case lost its trajectory amid the sensational …
Hyderabad: The forest department has stated that about 22 lakh acres of forest land has to be reconciled with revenue records as vast chunks of these lands are under illegal occupation. Besides, the forest lands have been classified under different names in revenue records. The government has decided to constitute …
From clothes swapping to plogging, and building more EV charging points, Bengaluru, and Karnataka, are taking baby steps to a greener future. Here are a few eco-highlights: Plogging Bengaluru hosted its first ‘plog run’ on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi. Organised by Go Native in collaboration with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prathmesh Mishra Vs State of Chhattisgarh dated 19/12/2018 regarding illegal cutting of 4847 trees in the course of construction of Bilaspur Katghora Road near village Sendri, Chhattisgarh. As it is not clear whether due process has been adopted and compensatory …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/12/2018 regarding illegal constructions in Aravalli by Kant Enclave. Supreme Court directs that to safeguard the interests of the house owners, who are said to be 33 in number, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Nand Rai Vs Government Polytechnic College, Deoria & Others dated 11/12/2018. This application was originally filed against grant of permission for felling of 57 tress by the Divisional Forest Officer in favour of Government Polytechnic College, Chariyaon Buzurg, Deoria, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gram Pradhan, Gram Sabha Sarkot, Chamoli Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 03/12/2018 regarding illegal cutting of thousands of grown up trees at Damuthol Tok to Devsari Road, 8 km. from Gwaldam – Nandkishori Road in District Chamoli, State of Uttarakhand. …
This book provides a critical, evidence-based analysis of REDD+ implementation so far, without losing sight of the urgent need to reduce forest-based emissions to prevent catastrophic climate change. REDD+ as envisioned has not been tested at scale. Results-based payment, the novel feature of REDD+, has gone untested. International funding (both …
Water security is key to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, increasingly the world is facing water shortages, and an estimated four billion people do not have sufficient access to safe and reliable water. The link between forests and climate is regularly considered in decision-making, whereas that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kudrat Sandhu Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 30/11/2018 regarding application to stop the project undertaken by M/s Metro Econ Green Resorts Pvt. Ltd. at village Palanpur, District Rupnagar. According to the applicant, the land used in the project …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jaya Prakash Dabral Vs Prime Minister Gramin Sadak Yojana & Others dated 30/11/2018 regarding construction of road from Bihar village to Chehni village in the Tirthan Valley via a pristine deodar forest. National Green Tribunal directs the Principal Chief Conservators …
The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the environment ministry has declined clearance to eight infrastructure proposals for the capital region of Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh, involving 3,306 hectares of forest land. It rejected plea of the user agencies to allow them to use the land for the proposed projects. The …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF&CC;) to submit the final report on the status of a 52-acre Aravali land where trees were felled allegedly by a realty firm, within three weeks. The ministry had been asked by the tribunal …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/11/2018 regarding regarding Kant Enclave constructions at Aravallis in Faridabad, Haryana. Supreme Court directs State of Haryana to pay Rs.50,00,000/- (Rupees fifty lacs only) to each 33 house owners …
The deadliest wildfire in California history that destroyed the mountain town of Paradise and killed at least 85 people was 100 percent contained on Sunday, according to state fire officials. The number of people still missing from the Camp Fire north of San Francisco dropped to 249 on Sunday, the …
The Mediterranean forest area has increased by two percent between 2010 and 2015, resulting in a rise of 1.8 million hectares - about the size of Slovenia, says a new FAO-Plan Bleu report - The State of Mediterranean Forests. But forests in the Mediterranean have also been considerably affected by …
A plethora of initiatives for preserving biodiversity in Sikkim such as spreading mass awareness and adopting an eco-friendly policy has led to an increase of its forest cover by over four per cent since 1993, Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has said. The green cover in the tiny northeastern state …
This paper uses a choice experiment conducted in Nepal during 2013 to estimate household-level willingness to participate in a village-level program under the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation initiative requiring reductions in fuelwood collection, as a function of the price paid per unit of avoided carbon dioxide emissions. …
What is the best strategy for increasing green cover outside recorded forest areas? Leasing of wasteland to the corporate sector for re-greening is among the major recommendations that a report by an expert committee formed by India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has suggested. The committee has also …
